Jeremiah 45

1 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book from the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,

Beseda, ki jo je prerok Jeremija spregovoril Nerijájevemu sinu Baruhu, ko je zapisal te besede v knjigo pri Jeremijevih ustih, v četrtem letu Jojakíma, Jošíjevega sina, Judovega kralja, rekoč:

2 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, to thee, O Baruch;

»Tako govori Gospod, Izraelov Bog, tebi, oh Baruh.

3 Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.

Rekel si: ›Gorje mi sedaj! Kajti Gospod je dodal žalost k moji bridkosti; oslabel sem v svojem vzdihovanju in ne najdem počitka.‹

4 Thus shalt thou say to him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, [that] which I have built I will break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.

Tako mu boš rekel: › Gospod tako govori: ›Glej, to, kar sem zgradil, bom porušil in to, kar sem zasadil, bom izruval, celo to celotno deželo.

5 And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek [them] not: for behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give to thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.

In ti zase iščeš velike stvari? Ne išči jih, kajti glej, privedel bom zlo nad vse meso, ‹ govori Gospod, ›toda tvoje življenje ti bom dal za plen v vseh krajih, kamor greš.«